Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said "(t)he (resolution) co-sponsors refused to include the requirements insisted upon by Russia addressed to all sides to the conflict to swiftly halt fire and to begin peace talks."

"We insisted that the arms embargo needs to be comprehensive. It's well known that Yemen is awash in weapons."

"The adopted resolution should not be used for further escalation of the armed conflict."

Washington intends it precisely for this purpose. On the one hand, blockading Houthi fighters.

On the other, supplying US weapons and munitions to Saudis and other anti-Houthi forces - facilitating their mass murder and destruction with impunity.

Obama's new war is systematically raping Yemen - another genocidal high crime on his rap sheet.

On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein called conditions in Yemen "appallingly bad."

Numbers of civilians killed and wounded are rapidly rising, he said.

"Most of the country is now suffering from the effects of armed conflict, with the situation particularly devastating in Sanaa, Aden, Dhale, (and) Sada…"